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Clark Taylor
Curriculum Vitae
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 Teacher
2010-2012 Performing Arts Instructor MOUNT VERNON PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOL
In process of development for middle and upper school theatre arts program. Currently
facilitating construction/design for new black box theatre in the upper school building on Glenn
Campus.
1997-2010 Director of Drama Program WESLEYAN SCHOOL
Developed middle and high school theatre program. Responsible for organizing, directing and
implementing a theatre program of classes and productions. Organized, implemented, and
developed theatre program for middle and high school
Created curriculum and began teaching high school and middle school. As growing demand
allowed me to expand the program to three levels of theatre arts courses, I was able to focus
exclusively on high school. In addition to Theatre I, II and III, developed and teach courses in
improv, stagecraft, design and production, filmmaking, film history and appreciation, and
speech communications. Devised and oversee “Senior Project,” to give seniors more experience
in directing and designing shows. Worked with the school’s radio station. Instituted popular
summer theatre camp.
Direct and design multiple productions each year, including musicals, Shakespeare, modern
classics, and company-developed works. When I started at Wesleyan, the school had no
theatre, so my early productions made creative use of the chapel, gym, cafeteria, and even the
steps of the main building! Parents, impressed by the work I produced under such
circumstances, donated $1 million toward constructing a theatre, which I was asked to help
spec. I have since overseen the addition of a black box and a lakeside amphitheatre.
Manage annual budgets of $25,000-$30,000. Raised over $15,000 to accept invitation to take
a production to the prestigious Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Annually participate in
Georgia High School Association and Georgia Theatre Conference competitions, winning
numerous awards. Navigate complex politics of k-12 faculty, staff, students, and parents.
1997-2010 Director of Summer Drama Studies WESLEYAN SCHOOL
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Developed theater camp program for lower, middle and high school students.
1997-2008 Guest Artist/Educator for Summer Camp ATLANTA CHORISTERS GUILD
Taught theatre, improv and basic music skills to middle school students.
1995-1997 Fine Arts Facilitator HOLY INNOCENTS’ EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
Supported and co-taught with k-12 Fine Arts faculty. As a multi-disciplinary artist, worked with
theatre, music, and visual arts students. Directed and designed the school’s first show to win
GHSA Region and advance to State finals for One-Act Play Competition.
1995 Guest Artist/Educator for Music and Drama Camp BREVARD COLLEGE
Taught theatre and improv classes to high school and middle school students.
 Director
Central Presbyterian
A Thurber Carnival
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
A Few Good Men
A Dopey Fairy Tale
Noises Off
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School
Antigone Now
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Tempest
Scapin
Hamlet, the Musical
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment.
Winter Shorts, An Evening of Brief Entertainments
Godspell
Wesleyan School
Pride and Prejudice
Is He Dead?
The Bald Soprano (4th Annual Senior Project)
Revenge of the Space Pandas
Medea
Godspell
You Can’t Take It With You
Little Women
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor(3rd Annual Senior Project)
A Man for All Seasons
The Taming of the Shrew
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Mixed Bags
The Little Shop of Horrors
The Mystery of Irma Vep (2nd Annual Senior Project)
The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Miracle Worker
Eleven Variations on Friar John’s Failure
The Drawer Boy (Inaugural Senior Project)
The Skin of Our Teeth
Much Ado About Nothing
The Magic Paintbrush
The Boys Next Door
The Cotton Patch Gospel
The Fifteen-Minute Hamlet
I Hate Hamlet
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
A Night in Elsinore
Wild Oats
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Pilgrim’s Progress (Selected participant in the American High School Theatre Festival at the
Fringe Theatre Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland)
The Fantasticks
Time Flies
Godspell
The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shakspr, Abridged
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Tempest
Le Petit Prince
Beast on the Moon
Quilters
Scapin
Fools
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
J.B.
Westminster School
Hidden In This Picture
Graceland
 Designer
Academy Theatre
Animal Farm - designed and handcrafted masks and puppets
A Lie of the Mind - designed makeup for elderly characters
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Central Presbyterian Church
Design lights, scenic elements, props for liturgical arts and other performances
Georgia Renaissance Festival
Designed giant puppets, props and stage set for original stage show performed at the festival
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Designed sets, props, puppets, sound, music, and lighting for middle and high school
productions
Designed large mural for school event
Inman Middle School
Designed lights, scenic elements, props for middle school theatrical productions
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School
Designed sets, outdoor stage environments, sound and music, lighting, puppets, costumes,
programs and artwork for:
Antigone Now
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Tempest
Scapin
Hamlet, the Musical
Shipwrecked! An Entertainment.
Winter Shorts, An Evening of Brief Entertainments
Godspell
Performance Gallery
Designed and painted outdoor mural for stage entrance
Macbeth - designed and crafted properties
Under Milkwood - designed props and scenic elements
Wesleyan School
Designed sets, outdoor stage environments, sound and music, lighting, puppets, costumes,
programs and artwork for:
A Man for All Seasons
A Night in Elsinore
Beast on the Moon
Boys Next Door
Drawer Boy
Eleven Variations on Friar John's Failure
Every Good Boy Deserves Favor
Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden
I Hate Hamlet
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Is He Dead?
Medea
Much Ado About Nothing
Pride & Prejudice
The Bald Soprano
The Compleat Wrks of Wlm Shkspr (abridged)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Miracle Worker
The Mystery of Irma Vep
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Time Flies
Twelfth Night
Revenge of the Space Pandas
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Scapin
You Can’t Take it With You
Wild Oats
Westminster School
Designed sound and composed music for upper school production
Cyrano de Bergerac
 Original Plays/Adaptations
 indicates original play
Mixed Bags
The Magic Paintbrush
A Christmas Carol
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Pinocchio
 Actor
Academy Theatre Resident Company Member
The Crucible
In the Memory of Trees
Hamlet, the Musical
A Lie of the Mind
Animal Farm
A Touch of the Poet
A Christmas Carol
Les Liaisons Dangereus
Three Postcards
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Alliance Children’s Theatre
Merlin
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Wind in the Willows
The Last Fairy Tale
Jax and the Graviteers
James and the Giant Peach
Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
Joan of Arc
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Cabaret
Central Presbyterian Church
A Christmas Carol
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
Georgia Shakespeare
The Tempest
Love’s Labour’s Lost
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Macbeth
Twelfth Night
Georgia Renaissance Festival
Street character and stage performer
Horizon Theatre
Aunt Dan and Lemon
Multi-Dimensional Happenings at the Stone Mountain Vortex
National Black Arts Festival
Staged reading of new play, Redemption
Onstage Atlanta
Godspell
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Grease
Man of La Mancha
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to the Forum
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Performance Gallery
Streamers
Say Goodnight, Gracie
Macbeth
Piedmont Arts Festival
Texcaliber
Theatre Gael
Billy Bishop Goes to War
Rab the Rhymer
Theatre in the Square
Anastasia
1940’s Radio Hour
Theatrical Outfit
Appalachian Christmas
Odd Night in an Odd Place
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Christmas Carol
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
 Composer
A Noise Within
As You Like It
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Academy Theatre
The Crucible
In the Memory of Trees
Mixing at da Mall- arranged a cappella music for company-developed youth play
Dinosaur
Actor’s Express
Twelfth Night
The Turn of the Screw
The Devils
Handler
Sailing to Byzantium
Alliance Children’s Theatre
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The Velveteen Rabbit
The Wind in the Willows
The Last Fairy Tale
Jax and the Graviteers
James and the Giant Peach
Baylor University
The Turn of the Screw
Cornerstone University
The Turn of the Screw
Edinburgh International Fringe Festival
Pilgrim’s Progress
The Globe Theatre
Booth, Brother Booth
Horizon Theatre
Multi-Dimensional Happenings At The Stone Mountain Vortex
Jewish Theatre of the South
The Lowman Family Picnic
Lee Bryan Puppetry
Dr. Dinosaur
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School
Hamlet, the Musical
Onstage Atlanta
A Christmas Chainsaw Massacre Chorus Line
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Sailing to Byzantium
Performance Gallery
Say Goodnight Gracie
Macbeth
Piedmont Arts Festival
Texcaliber
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Portland Center Stage
Christmas Carol
The Devils
Much Ado About Nothing
Theatre Gael
Rab the Rhymer
Theatrical Outfit
An Odd Night in an Odd Place
Wesleyan School, Central Presbyterian, Haygood Methodist, Trinity Presbyterian
A Christmas Carol
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Westminster Schools
Cyrano De Bergerac
 Musician
African Djembe Drumming Choir
Established and lead djembe drum choir at Central Presbyterian. Frequently contribute to
worship leadership by performing on a variety of ethnic percussion instruments.
Alliance Children’s Theatre
Live keyboard/accompanist for The Last Fairy Tale
Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern
Live keyboard, trombone for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and keyboards
for Cabaret
Central Presbyterian Church
Member of Chancel Choir and a featured musician (keyboards, percussion, bamboo flute,
accordion and djembe) in music and drama program
Elise Dewitt
Keyboard piano on solo recording, Open the Window, with singer/songwriter Elise Dewitt
Georgia Shakespeare
Live performance on accordion, upright piano for The Tempest
Trombone for The Comedy of Errors
Banjo for As You Like It
Recorder, assorted percussion for Love’s Labour’s Lost
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Jonah and the Wailers
Founding member, vocalist, percussionist, keyboards for local cover band
The New Mongrels
Performed on accordion, keyboards, percussion and trombone along with the Indigo Girls on
independent recording also produced by Amy Ray
 Illustrator/Visual Artist
Academy Theatre
Illustrations for company publicity
Bank South
Illustration for flyer for company event
Marmac Publishing
Freelance illustrator
Strawberry Patch Publishers
Gone With The Grits
Stand by Your Pan
The Pregnant Husband’s Handbook
You Know You’re Pregnant When…
You Know You’re A New Parent When…
The Comedy Workshoppe Joke Book
 Education/Training
2010 Masters of Theatre Studies in Production & Design SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY
Intensive program designed for working theatre educators features integrated curriculum of
research, design, and production projects accomplished during concentrated summer
residencies plus school-year distance learning. Thorough training in production-driven script
analysis, design, and all production aspects of theatrical process.
2007-2010 A La Carte Classes ASHLAND CENTER FOR THEATRE STUDIES
Series of intensive weeklong courses in mask creation and performance, costume crafts, and
directing and rehearsal processes
1999 Continuing Education Classes ALLIANCE THEATRE
Coursework in Technical Theatre, Classroom Improvisation, and Music Implementation in the
Classroom
1997-2010 Continuing Education Classes WESLEYAN SCHOOL
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Classes in computer skills covering Smartboard, Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint; education
courses covering Working with Multiple Learning Styles, Working with Attention Deficit
Disorder, and Using the Myers Briggs Assessment: American Red Cross CPR training; assorted
Georgia Independent School Association seminars
1996 Education Core Classes PIEDMONT COLLEGE
Coursework: Orientation to Education, Human Growth and Development, Methods of Teaching
Theatre, Exceptional Children
1994 Bachelor of Arts GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Degree in Speech and Communications
1974-1978 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
Major in drama and minor in music
 Awards
GISA Director of the Year
Who’s Who Among American Teachers
Regional Winner, Georgia High School Association
Sub-Regional Winner, Georgia High School Association
Best Director, Georgia Theatre Conference
Best Set Design, Georgia Theatre Conference
Best Costumes, Georgia High School Association
Best Costumes, Georgia Theatre Conference
Best Original Play, Georgia Theatre Conference
All-Star Cast, Georgia Theatre Conference
All-Star Cast, Georgia High School Association
 Professional Affiliations
American High School Theatre Festival
Educational Theatre Association/International Thespian Society
Georgia High School Association
Georgia Coalition of Theatres
Theatre Communications Group
Related Volunteer Work
Adapted Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol into an original one-man performance
piece, designing all aspects of production: costuming, set, lighting, sound, and music.
Perform this show annually as a fundraiser for the school and for other organizations.
Provide design and tech support for parent-led after-school theatre program at Inman
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Middle School, and for youth-group productions at Central Presbyterian Church.
Teach African drumming, theatre arts, and improv at Choristers Guild summer camp.
Special Skills
Work in both PC and Mac environments
Smartboard technology
Create scenic design in Google SketchUp, an autoCAD program
Design in Audacity, a recording and sound-editing program, which I integrate into
speech communication and theatre classes
Design in Stage Research SFX production program that I integrate into theatre classes
Design in Pinnacle, a film-editing application, which I integrate into film classes
Create and operate lighting design on ETC equipment
Compose and record original music in Finale, a music composition program
Create posters and programs using Microsoft Publisher and Picture It
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